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LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Pixar’s “Finding Dory” made the biggest splash in the North American box office in its debut weekend, taking in an estimated $136.2 million, industry data showed Sunday. “Dory,” voiced by Ellen DeGeneres, follows a very forgetful fish on a quest to find her parents, much as she did as a supporting character in the 2003 animated hit “Finding Nemo.” The sequel blew away her competition, including “Central Intelligence,” a […]
LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Anton Yelchin, a rising young actor who starred as Chekov in the new “Star Trek” film, was killed early Sunday in a freak car accident, his publicist said. He was 27. “The news is so sad and true,” Jennifer Allen said in a statement. Yelchin “was killed in a fatal traffic collision early this morning,” she added. “His family requests you respect their privacy.” The accident took place in […]
by Jim SLATER OAKLAND, United States (AFP) — Areas around Oracle Arena were buzzing with activity and anticipation hours before Sunday’s decisive seventh game of the 70th NBA Finals between the Cleveland Cavaliers and defending champion Golden State. The Warriors and Cavaliers are deadlocked at 3-3 in the best-of-seven series after two wins by Cleveland, which hopes to become the first team trailing 3-1 to ever rally and win the finals. The first pitch in […]
The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) has reached a milestone yesterday, June 18, as it formally celebrates 20 years of successful cultural exchange endeavors in the Philippines through its three pillars: Japanese-Language Education in the Philippines; Arts and Culture; and Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange. The 20th Anniversary Reception at the Peninsula Manila held this afternoon was graced by distinguished figures in the arts and the academe led by Ambassador Benjamin Sanvictores, Executive Trustee, Philippine Japan […]
(PIA) DAPITAN, ZAMBOANGA DEL NORTE, June 19 — The National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) opens the modernized “Museo ni Jose Rizal Dapitan” today, in celebration of his 155th birth anniversary. Ceremonies was held at 4 pm. The Museo ni Jose Rizal in Dapitan is located at the site of Jose Rizal’s farm in Talisay, Dapitan where the national hero spent four years in exile productively. Rizal engaged in agricultural pursuits by cultivating various […]
(Eagle News) — Malacanang encouraged the public Saturday to support the Metro Shake Drill of the Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA), which will be conducted on June 22. “Ang mahalaga dito ay ‘yung kasapatan ng kahandaan ng ating mga mamamayan,” Communication Secretary Herminio Coloma Jr said in a radio interview on Saturday. “Ang isa pang pagbabago na nais gawin ng ating mga awtoridad dito ay ‘yung pagkakaroon ng debriefing or assessment session pagkatapos nang ehersisyo.” […]
(Eagle News) — President-elect Rodrigo Duterte met with leaders of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front ( MILF ) and Moro National Liberation Front ( MNLF ) in Davao City Friday night. The incoming president met with MILF Chairman Al – Haj Murad Ebrahim, First Vice Chairman Ghadzali Jaafar, and MILF Chairman Datu Abul Khayr Alonto and other supporters. The meeting took about an hour. One of the issues discussed is the planned shift to a federal […]
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) — A three-man crew, including British astronaut Tim Peake, landed in the Kazakh Steppe on Saturday after completing a six-month mission at the International Space Station (ISS). Peake, the first British astronaut on the ISS, Russia’s Yury Malenchenko and NASA’s Tim Kopra parachuted down to Earth in their Soyuz capsule at 0915 GMT after spending 186 days in orbit. Video footage from the landing site, southeast of the Kazakh city of Zhezkazgan, […]
PRESIDENT Benigno S. Aquino III said he had congratulated President-elect Rodrigo Duterte during a brief telephone conversation on Thursday night and offered whatever assistance he could extend to the incoming leader. The President said during an interview in Binondo on Friday, that Duterte’s people went to Malacañang Palace on Thursday to iron out the transition, and they got in touch with the Davao City mayor. Asked by reporters how his conversation with Duterte went, […]
(Eagle News) – The Iglesia Ni Cristo said it is expecting the illegal occupants led by expelled INC members Felix Nathaniel “Angel” Manalo and his sister, Lolita “Lottie” Hemedez to peacefully leave the premises of 36 Tandang Sora Avenue in Quezon City, now that no less than the court has directed them to “immediately vacate” the INC property. In a press conference held at the Eagle Broadcasting Corporation (EBC) in Quezon City, INC spokesperson minister […]
REUTERS — A Soyuz TMA-19m capsule with three Expedition 47 crew members aboard undocked from the International Space Station (ISS) and began its return to earth on Saturday (June 18). The separation occurred at 0552 GMT Saturday and the capsule slowly moved away from the space station. The Soyuz capsule contained Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko, NASA’s U.S. astronaut Tim Kopra and European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut, Briton Tim Peake, and is expected to touch down […]
MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — A rumbling volcano in the central Philippines shot a huge column of ash into the sky on Saturday, prompting the official aviation agency to warn aircraft to stay away, authorities said. Mount Kanlaon, located in the central island of Negros, launched a plume of whitish-grey ash about 1.5 kilometers (almost a mile) into the air, said Kenn John Veracruz of the official Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology. The civil aviation […]
